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No. 464,409. Patented Dec; 1, 1891.

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THOMAS'H. WILLIAMS, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 464,409, dated December1, 1891. Application filed February 3, 1891. Serial No. 380,050. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS H. WILLIAMS, of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Bins; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear,

- and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to an improvement in bins; and it consists in theconstruction and arrangement of parts which will be fully describedhereinafter, and pointed out in the claims.

The object of my invention is to produce a bin or receptacle to holdarticles or material of any kind, and which is so shaped as to havepractically but two corners, so that anything placed therein can bereadily removed therefrom, and to so construct thelid or cover-that itcan be partially opened to give access to the front of the bin only, andafter the two parts of the lid have been. closed together to give accessto the whole interior by raising both covers at once.

Figure 1 represents a perspective of a bin which embodies my invention,the covers be-' ing shown closed in solid lines and raised in dottedlines. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same.

A represents a bin, box, or receptacle that is designed to hold anyarticle for household use or merchandise for sale, and which is madeabout triangular in cross-section. The top and rear sides are madeperfectly straight, while the bottom and front side are inclined forwardand upward, as shown, so that the only two corners in the bin are at itsbottom.

This bin is intended either for use in the household, store, or anyother place, and its shape is especially adapted for allowing anyarticle that is placed therein to be readily and quickly removed fromit.

The rear lower edge of the bin rests directly upon the floor or earth,while its front edge is supported by suitable legs 0, which may beeither attached to the ends of the bin or to its front edge as may bepreferred.

Either hinged or pivoted in any suitable manner to the rear edge orcorners of the bin is a lid D, which is only wide enough toexbin,slightly below its top edge, are the supporting-cleats G, uponwhich a second sliding lid I is placed, which lid I is about or nearlyas Wide as the hinged one. The hinged or pivoted lid resting upon theupper edges of the bin allows the sliding lid to move freely back andforth under it, so that the slidinglid can be pushed back at anytime togive access to the front of the bin without having to raise the rearlid. Should it not be desired to use cleats to support the sliding lid,the top edges of the bin, if made of sheet metal, may be turned over soas to form guides for the sliding lid. In order to prevent the slidinglid from moving outward beyond the front edge of the bin a suitable stopor stops are formed, and these stops may either be attached to the binor formed upon the under side of thelid itself. The manneroflimiting theoutward movement of the sliding lid is immaterial, for this may bevaried without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Very frequently the bin will be placed in positions where it will bevery inconvenient to raise a lid which is as wide as the bin itself, anda lid which is made wide enough to cover the bin would in many cases beheavy and cumbersome to operate. made in two parts, as here shown, thesliding lid can be moved back under the hinged one; but when it isnecessary to expose the entire top of the bin it is desirable that bothlids should be raised at the same time. For this purpose to the underside of the hinged lid there are secured two hooks or catches J, of anysuitable construction, which catch under and over the rear edge of thesliding lid, so that when the sliding lid is forced back its rear edgesare caught by these catches so as to connect the two lids together as ifthey formed but one. To the front edge of the sliding lid is alsosecured a catch 0, of any suitable construction, which catches over thefront edge of the hinged lid, and hence when the sliding lid is forcedback the two lids are fastened together loosely, so as to move as if buta single part. When the hinged lid is raised, the sliding lid is raisedwith it, and the two parts together extend upward only about one- If thelid is half the distance of the lid, which is wide enough to cover thewhole top of the bin. The two lids together are easier raised, requireless exertion to open and close, and the bin can be placed in positionswhere it will not be possible to place it where a single wide cover isused. Hooks are here shown for connecting the two parts of the lid whenone is slid over the other; but I do not restrict my invention to thisparticular form of fastening, for. any other form which is preferred andWhich will answer the same purpose may be used.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. In a bin, a casing, acover consisting of an inner portion hinged at its inner edge to theinner upper edge of the casing, a sliding portion at the front of thebin, one portion being above the other, suitable slideways for thesliding portion, and devices connected to the ends of the said portionsfor connecting them, together when the sliding portion is pushed inward,the parts combined substantially as shown and described.

2. A bin or box provided with a hinged or pivoted cover which extendsover onlya po1= tion of its top, and which is provided with catches orhooks upon one end, combined with a sliding cover also provided with acatch or hook, and which also extends over only a portion of the topof-the bin, the two lids being adapted to be raised together,substantially as specified.

3. In a bin, a casing, a cover consisting of an inner portion hinged atits inner edge to the upper inner edge of the bin, guideways belowthe'said hinged portion, a sliding por-

